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Davies student earns spot in Lifespan cancer research program

LINCOLN – Before starting the 12th grade, William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School student Kaylyn Woods will be able to count...
JOHN DUGGAN has been named the new dean of Stonehill College's Leo J. Meehan School of Business. / COURTESY STONEHILL COLLEGE

Stonehill College taps Duggan as new business school dean

EASTON – A past business law professor and chairman of Stonehill College’s business administration department has now been named dean of the college’s Leo....

Business leaders express guarded optimism at economic outlook breakfast

WARWICK – Rhode Island business leaders and financial experts remain guarded on the region’s short-term economic prospects, agreeing Tuesday during the annual Economic Outlook...

BankRI awards $105K in grants to 30 local nonprofits that support youths

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded a total of $105,000 in charitable grants to 30 local nonprofits that provide education and mentorship to...

PBN announces 2024 Best Places to Work

PROVIDENCE – Sixty-seven honorees have been named by Providence Business News for its 2024 Best Places to Work Awards program. Each company and organization recognized...
APPROXIMATLY 160 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 C-Suite Awards ceremony, which recognized 12 local business leaders, at the Omni Providence Hotel. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC Providence’s Messier among honorees recognized at PBN’s C-Suite Awards

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey feels that true leadership is not about commanding or receiving personal gain, but rather serving others and empowering them to...

United Way of R.I. issues RFP for $1.5M equity fund grant program

PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island Inc. has issued a request for proposals to local nonprofits for its $1.5 million Providence Equity Fund...
CONCERNED PARENT: Public school teacher Maddalena Cirignotta, center, pushed back against her children being required to wear masks in school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cirignotta has been closely monitoring the drafting of a new policy by the R.I. Department of Health. Pictured with Cirignotta are her children, Paul Daley, left, 10, and Anwen Daley, 11. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

State poised to release new school masking policy

When Maddalena Cirignotta’s youngest son looks back on his experience as a kindergartener during the COVID-19 pandemic, he can share one particular experience that...
Mary Meixell / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five Questions With: Mary Meixell

Mary Meixell | Dean, Johnson & Wales University College of Business 1. Can you describe the legacy of JWU’s female founders and how women’s...

Would a 2nd medical school in R.I. be worth it?

Some state lawmakers are floating the idea of establishing a state medical school that would be a more-affordable alternative to Brown University and might ease persistent...
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